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  • Title: Vasodilator and vasoconstrictor responses induced by 5-hydroxytryptamine in the in situ blood autoperfused hindquarters of the anaesthetized rat.
    Author: Calama E, Fernández MM, Morán A, Martín ML, San Román L.
    Journal: Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol; 2002 Aug; 366(2):110-6. PubMed ID: 12122496.
    Abstract:
    In the present study we attempted to characterise the responses and receptors involved in the effects of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT, serotonin) in in situ autoperfused rat hindquarters. Intra-arterial administration of the lowest doses of 5-HT used (0.12-12.5 ng/kg) induced vasodilator responses, whereas the highest doses (25-1000 ng/kg) produced vasoconstriction. The vasodilator effect was inhibited by methiothepin (a non-specific 5-HT(1,2,5,6,7) receptor antagonist) and by a 5-HT(1D/1B) receptor antagonist, i.e., 3-[4-(4-chlorophenyl)piperazin-1-yl]-1,1-diphenyl-2-propanolol (BRL 15572), but not by ritanserin (a selective 5-HT(2) receptor antagonist), 5-methyl-1-(3-pyridylcarbamoyl)-1,2,3,5-tetrahydropyrrolo[2,3-f] indole (SB 206553, a selective 5-HT(2B/2C) receptor antagonist) or mesulergine (a non-specific serotonergic antagonist that shows affinity to the 5-HT(7) receptor). This vasodilator effect was mimicked by administration of a selective 5-HT(1) receptor agonist - 5-carboxamidotryptamine (5-CT) - and by 2-[5-[3-(4-methylsulphonylamino)benzyl-1,2,4-1 H-indol-3-yl]ethanamine (L-694,247, a selective 5-HT(1D/1B) receptor agonist). Methiothepin, but not mesulergine, inhibited 5-CT-induced vasodilatation and the selective 5-HT(1D/1B) receptor antagonist (BRL 15572) inhibited the vasodilator action induced by L-694,247. The vasoconstrictor effect of 5-HT was significantly decreased by methiothepin, ritanserin and SB 206553, and was mimicked by alpha-methyl-5-HT (a selective 5-HT(2) receptor agonist) but not by administration of BW 723C86, a selective 5HT(2B) receptor agonist. Ritanserin, SB 206553 and spiperone (a non-specific 5-HT(1/2A) receptor antagonist) inhibited the alpha-methyl-5HT-induced vasoconstriction.Our data suggest that the vasodilator response induced by 5-HT in autoperfused rat hindquarters is mainly mediated by 5-HT(1D/1B) receptors, whereas the vasoconstrictor effect is mainly due to the activation of 5-HT(2A) receptors.
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